THE LIONS CLUB OF TYNEDALE

This year the Dinner was held at Tynedale Rugby Club, who together with their wonderful catering and bar staff made it a very pleasurable and enjoyable event.

We were pleased to welcome our District Governor Gillian Swann and her partner Jon.

During the evening she presnted the highest award a Lions Club can make, to its members or other organisations.This is the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award. (He was the founder member of Lions International.)

The two recipients of the award were Lions Mike Potter and Johnathan Hill.

Welcome to our new Lion, Hellene Dolder. We are so pleased to have you in our dedicated pride.

Lion President Julia welcomes Si Bullen to our club.

We wish Si many happy and rewarding years with us.

We wish Fiona many happy and rewarding years with us. 15th September 2023.

Our new Lion President Julia receiving her chain of office from Past President Steven Forster.

We wish her a happys and successful Lons Year.

Members of Tynedale Lions with Concillor Susan Fairless Atkin and McCarthy and Stone representatives,with their new jackets.

We are pleased to announce this years winners,who each receive a bursary of £500.

At The County Hotel we were proud to present our three beneficiaries with their cheques.

The photo shows from left to right Maureen Armstrong from The Peoples Kitchen, Lion Steven Forster our President, Bruce Howorth from the Hextol Foundation and Cathy Bates from Tynedale Hospice at Home.

Each charity received received £7,000 thanks to the generosity of all the people who made the Tynedale beer festival such a success this year.

Our new Lion President Steven Forster at our handover meal.

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Welcome to Michael and Jill from Texas who have now moved to Tynedale. Michael is originally from San Francisco and Jill from South Yorkshire. Their mother Club is The Lions Club of Fulshear/Simonton.

We wish them many happy years in their new home and with Tynedale Lions.

We were very pleased that Hewson Court,the new developement by McCarthy Stone,have taken advantage of the Lions Clubs Message in a Bottle.

Paramedics,police,firefighters and social services support this Lions life-saving initiative and know to look in the fridge when they see the MIAB stickers,supplied. The initiative provides peace of mindthat prompt and appropriate medical assistance can be provided and next of kin/emergency contacts can be notified.

Members of the public and other organisations can ontain a MIAB kit, free from our Club

Apply for yours by contacting us at tynedalelionsclub@gmail.com